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Benigno Aquinoi

Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III was the 15th President of the Philippines, and the chairman of the Liberal Party. He is the son of the late Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., a Philippines senator and prominent opposition leader to President Ferdinand Marcos, who was assassinated on August 21, 1983. Aquino began his political career in 1998 when he was elected to the House of Representatives as Representative of the 2nd district of Tarlac province. He was elected president on June 9, 2010.

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Many Hong Kong people despise Philippine President Benigno Aquino over the 2010 Manila hostage crisis. But by promising not to retaliate against Hong Kong's half-hearted and laughable sanctions against his country, he is behaving like the only adult in the room.

Philippine president Benigno Aquino is right. He should not have to apologise for the hostage tragedy on behalf of his country. Hong Kong's self-righteousness and indignation has reached a feverish pitch, culminating with the passage of a non-binding Legislative Council motion for sanctions on Thursday.

  • The son of two of the Philippines’ democracy icons died at 6.30am of kidney failure as a result of diabetes, his family said
  • He oversaw the country’s fastest period of growth since the 1970s and challenged Beijing’s expansive South China Sea claims
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino’s reason for smiling after the 2010 Manila hostage crisis in which eight Hongkongers died was “ridiculous”, survivors said, accusing him of lacking empathy.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has explained why he sometimes appears to break into a broad grin at inappropriate moments, such as during a wake for 44 comandos killed during an anti-terror operation (pictured). 'I have various smiles for various purposes,' he said.  

President Xi Jinping did not talk like he was an “elder brother” and seemed “very sincere” during a meeting in Beijing in November, Philippine President Benigno Aquino has said.

If President Xi Jinping were to visit Manila, “I’d take him to a Chinese restaurant”, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said.

A new “strategic partnership” being negotiated between two states fending off China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea was suggested by Vietnam, Philippine President Benigno Aquino has revealed.

China’s efforts to stake its claim to most of the South China Sea should spark fear around the world, with military conflict possible, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino is no Ferdinand Marcos, the dictator toppled 29 years ago by a popular uprising dubbed the People Power Revolution.

As the Philippines today commemorates the 29th anniversary of the first People Power revolution, efforts are under way to hold a similar peaceful uprising - this time to unseat the son of the 1986 movement's heroine.

A ban may have been imposed on nine Hong Kong journalists that would block them from entering the Philippines to report on next year's Apec summit.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino yesterday defended the pace of rebuilding in communities ravaged a year ago by Super Typhoon Haiyan, insisting that reconstruction takes time.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has ruled out any attempt to seek a second term, a highly controversial proposition that would have required the rewriting of the constitution.

President Benigno Aquino said yesterday he would be willing to help Beijing seize illicit assets of Chinese who have fled to the Philippines if any cases were discovered and if Beijing requested cooperation.